Main Line of Public Works

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Main_Line_of_Public_Works
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historic transportation system
gptkbp:builtBetween 1826
1834
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:closed 1857
gptkbp:component gptkb:Allegheny_Portage_Railroad
gptkb:Philadelphia_and_Columbia_Railroad
Juniata Division Canal
Western Division Canal
Columbia and Philadelphia Canal
Hollidaysburg Canal Basin
Johnstown Canal Basin
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Allegheny_Mountains
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Main Line of Public Works
gptkbp:length 395 miles
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkbp:notableFeature Allegheny Portage Railroad was first railroad to cross Allegheny Mountains
combined canal and railroad system
gptkbp:opened 1834
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:publicTransit gptkb:canal
gptkb:railway_line
gptkbp:purpose connect Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Pennsylvania_Railroad
gptkbp:sells gptkb:Pennsylvania_Railroad
gptkbp:significance first major transportation system across Pennsylvania
gptkbp:soldIn 1857
gptkbp:status defunct
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pennsylvania_Main_Line_of_Public_Works
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Canal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8